Al-Zafir

al-Zafir (February 1133-March 1154) was the Fatimid caliph from 1149 to 1154, succeeding al-Hafiz and preceding al-Faiz.

Biography
al-Zafir was born in February 1133, the son of Caliph az-Zafir and the brother of al-Faiz and al-Adid. In 1149, al-Zafir succeeded his father on his death, and he had a short and uneventful reign as caliph of the Fatimid Caliphate of Egypt, although Ascalon was taken from him by the Kingdom of Jerusalem in 1153.